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Pricey, but looks worth it.
24 April 2013, 09:53,
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RE: Pricey, but looks worth it.
(23 April 2013, 14:37)Morgan Wrote: Years ago I had one of the last Alan Wood Woodlore knives,

Beautiful knives those! Shoulda kept hold of it Wink
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24 April 2013, 16:26,
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Thanks, I know but when I saw how much they were changing hands for I was hard up and I got jittery using it in-case I lost it. I paid £195 for it and yes, it was expensive but hot damn they are good.

I sold it for nearly £600.
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24 April 2013, 17:48,
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Thats a daft price to pay for a knife, I would never pay more than about £20 for a knife, and there are good ones out there for that.

If I was to only pay £20 for a knife, and it only lasted me 1 year, I would still have nines years of good blade for the price of this one knife,..and I am sure my £20 blades would last a lot longer than a year
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24 April 2013, 18:29,
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Some people spend a fortune on different things depending on their hobbies and interests, if you collect knives then the price is kind of irrelevant as it's the knife as a work of art and craft that you are buying, the fact it's a nice tool is a bonus.

Look at shotguns, some are worth hundreds of thousands and some are worth mere hundreds, both are tools and do the same job, but people are willing to spend more because of the history associated and the design work etc.

I used to work in a specialist book shop where people would pay thousands of pounds for a single old tatty book, a lot of people can not understand that. I get it totally, they buy them and are willing to spend the money because they love them.

I think people should get over this whole price thing when it's associated with items like knives and the like. Some of us will pay more than others.
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24 April 2013, 20:53,
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RE: Pricey, but looks worth it.
(24 April 2013, 18:29)Morgan Wrote: Some people spend a fortune on different things depending on their hobbies and interests, if you collect knives then the price is kind of irrelevant as it's the knife as a work of art and craft that you are buying, the fact it's a nice tool is a bonus.

Look at shotguns, some are worth hundreds of thousands and some are worth mere hundreds, both are tools and do the same job, but people are willing to spend more because of the history associated and the design work etc.

I used to work in a specialist book shop where people would pay thousands of pounds for a single old tatty book, a lot of people can not understand that. I get it totally, they buy them and are willing to spend the money because they love them.

I think people should get over this whole price thing when it's associated with items like knives and the like. Some of us will pay more than others.

arrrh now that is a little different, I can understand that, because I used to collect swords, I still have quiet a lot of my collection, and I also paid top notch for a few of them,.... so if you put the knives in that category, then I can at least see what you are saying
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24 April 2013, 21:19,
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I used to have some nice swords made by this chap Mark Vickers... http://www.stgeorgearmouryshop.co.uk/ amazing things, you could fight with them for hours and they would not get baddly knicked and burred.

Had a couple of Paul Binns ones as well, same thing. So well made, really wish I had kept those too.

I have sold way too many things I have regretted selling. Never seem to learn.
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